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Selection of recent posters:

"Heel" pads of stick insects (Carausius morosus) are pressure-sensitive friction pads with little adhesion
Of water flumes, waxy walls and toilet bowls: Evolution of trapping strategies in Nepenthes pitcher plants
Insect aquaplaning: wetness-based activation of traps in Nepenthes pitcher plants
Why have more than one pad per leg?
Balancing acrobats: grass-carrying ants avoid falling over by controlled head movements
Friction forces in the hairy adhesive pads of beetles

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Dr Walter Federle

wf222@cam.ac.uk

Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge
Downing St
Cambridge
CB2 3EJ

01223 (7)63435

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